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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2002-12-07 11:33 AM


Dear Vincent,
I heard you cry
in yonder sky as
someone stole
part of your heart
today.
Sitting here in blue
with you,  
I dream
the colors of life,
painted in every hue.
Vincent,
perhaps the thieves
who stole two paintings
will discover their
heart beats in time,
and return yours
to where it belongs,
for all the world to see
the mastery of thee.
This morning, thieves broke into the van Gogh museum in Holland and stole two masterpieces.

© Copyright 2002 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
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1 posted 2002-12-07 11:38 AM


Oh my, I hope the find the thieves. Vincent is a true master of art.
Thanks for sharing the news!

Poetry is love and love is life.

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2 posted 2002-12-07 11:41 AM


Thanks Kris. If not the thieves, at least the paintings.  

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3 posted 2002-12-07 11:49 AM


Oh, goodness. I hope they find the paintings, and undamaged....

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~
                  

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4 posted 2002-12-07 11:50 AM


Oh how dreadful. Nothing is safe or sacred anymore. What a crying shame.

Hugs, Marti

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Voltaire (1694-1778)

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5 posted 2002-12-07 11:51 AM



Midnitesun~
You written this beautifully; and I, too, hope
that the paintings are recovered.
Nicely done.
Hugs,
~Vicky

"...until you have read the verse on his heart,
you have not truly met the poet.
~vlraynes

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6 posted 2002-12-07 12:37 PM


Ethel, Marti, Vicky  Thanks for reading and commenting. There is special significence attached to one of the stolen paintings, "Congregation."  It is a painting of the church where van Gogh's father was a preacher. The lady in the middle may be representative of van Gogh's mother, in mourning after the senior van Gogh died earlier that year.
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7 posted 2002-12-07 01:01 PM




(big huggssssssss) Oh Kacy, this is so very sad, sweet friend, it is not just the paintings themselves that are stolen, it is the soul of an artist, and unless these thieves are wretched cold fools, they will have the heart to turn themselves in and return this beauty of an artist undamaged! (sad sigh) This is heartbreaking, sweet friend, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Kacy, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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8 posted 2002-12-07 01:05 PM


Unforgivable, truly nothing is sacred is it? Every day I wake up and think what's next?

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9 posted 2002-12-07 01:20 PM


Noah, Raphael, thank you both for sharing your thoughts. Let's hope these paintings are recovered intact.

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10 posted 2002-12-07 08:56 PM


Reminds me of a couple of things, Kacy:  one of my favorite songs called "Vincent" and the film, "The Thomas Crown Affair".  It's intriguing that thieves could get away with it today, but it's maddening too.  Just tell me that "Starry Night" wasn't one of the paintings...

-MVS

"AS ABOVE SO BELOW"

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11 posted 2002-12-07 10:54 PM


Mark, it wasn't starry. I'd be on a plane looking for les miserables myself if it were!
No, but one painting was of the church where Vincent's father was a preacher. When first painted, it did not have the people in front. He painted them in later on, including the lady in mourning. It is believed this represented his mother, as his father had died not long before he added in the 'congregation.'

[This message has been edited by Midnitesun (12-08-2002 12:40 AM).]

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